100 Best Opera Classics

This six CD set contains the most important sections of key Operas through history. 100 Best Opera Classics is the companion to last years 100 Best Classics. From Mozart's 'Les Noces De Figaro' to Verdi's 'La Traviata' this collection has you covered. EMI Classsics. 2005.

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Voi che sapete

Performer: Teresa Berganza
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Porgi amor

Performer: Heather Harper (Soprano)
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Deh, vieni alla finestra

Performer: Thomas Allen (Baritone)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Batti, batti, o bel Masetto

Performer: Elisabeth Gale (Soprano)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Der Hölle Rache

Performer: Edda Moser (Soprano)
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: O Isis und Osiris

Performer: Cornelius Hauptmann (Bass)
Conductor: Roger Norrington
Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Temerari...Come scoglio

Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1790

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: La calunnia è un venticello

Performer: Ruggero Raimondi (Bass)
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1816

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: Nei giardin del bello

Performers: Delia Wallis (Mezzo Soprano); Shirley Verrett
Conductor: Carlo Giulini
Notes: Composition written: 1884.
Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Casta Diva

Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1831

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Se quel guerrier...Celeste Aida

Performer: Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Tenesta la promessa...Addio del passato

Performer: Beverly Sills
Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Niun mi tema

Performer: Jon Vickers (Tenor)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Un bel di vedremo

Performer: Renata Scotto (Soprano)
Conductor: John Barbirolli
Notes: Composition written: 1904.
Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1904

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E lucevan le stelle

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Si, mi chiamano Mimi

Performer: Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor: Thomas Schippers
Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : Manon Lescaut :: In quelle trine morbide

Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
Notes: Composition written: 1893.
Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1893

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Signore, ascolta

Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
Notes: Composition written: 1926.
Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1926

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Recitar...Vesti la giubba

Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1892

Giordano, Umberto : Fedora :: Amor ti vieta di non amar

Performer: Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor: Mark Elder
Notes: Composition written: 1898.
Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1898

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Le veau d'or est toujours debout

Performer: Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor: André Cluytens
Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1859

Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Où va la jeune hindoue?

Performer: Mady Mesple (Voice)
Conductor: Alain Lombard
Running Time: 6 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1883

Gounod, Charles : Roméo et Juliette :: L'amour, l'amour...Ah! Lève-toi, soleil

Performer: Alfredo Kraus
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Notes: Composition written: 1865-71.
Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1865-1871

Massenet, Jules : Manon :: Allons! Il le faut...Adieu notre petite table

Performer: Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1882-1883

Massenet, Jules : Werther :: Toute mon âme est là...Pourquoi me réveiller

Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Bizet, Georges : La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts :: Quand la flamme de l'amour

Performer: José Van Dam (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Notes: Composition written: 1866.
Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1866

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor: Thomas Beecham
Running Time: 4 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: A cette voix...Je crois entendre encore

Performer: Alain Vanzo (Tenor)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1863

Berlioz, Hector : La damnation de Faust, Op. 24

Performer: Gabriel Bacquier (Baritone)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 1 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 11/1845-10/1846

Berlioz, Hector : Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a :: Je vais mourir...Adieu, fière cité

Performer: Régine Crespin (Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Notes: Composition written: 1858.
Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1858

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Samson et Dalila, Op. 47 :: Mon cour s'ouvre à ta voix

Performers: Rita Gorr (Mezzo Soprano); Jon Vickers (Tenor)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1859-1877

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Wie Todesahnung...O du mein holder Abendstern

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Conductor: Franz Konwitschny
Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1843-1865

Wagner, Richard : The Flying Dutchman :: Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere

Performer: Anja Silja (Soprano)
Conductor: Otto Klemperer
Notes: Composition written: 1841.
Running Time: 8 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1841

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: In fernem Land

Performer: Jess Thomas (Tenor)
Conductor: Rudolf Kempe
Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1848

Wagner, Richard : Siegfried :: Heil dir, Sonnet

Performers: Siegfried Jerusalem (Tenor); Eva Marton (Soprano)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1871

Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 :: Mild und leise

Performer: Helga Dernesch (Soprano)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 7 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1857-1859

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orfeo :: Che farò senza Euridice?

Performer: Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja

Performer: Walter Berry (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Finch'han dal vino

Performer: Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor: Otto Klemperer
Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono

Performer: Barbara Hendricks
Conductor: Jeffrey Tate
Running Time: 6 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fidelio, Op. 72 :: Abscheulicher!

Performer: Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Otto Klemperer
Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
Running Time: 8 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1804-1806

Rossini, Gioachino : Guglielmo Tell :: Ne m'abandonne pas, espoir de la vengeance...Asile héréditaire

Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Running Time: 6 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1829

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Largo al factotum

Performer: Tito Gobbi (Baritone)
Conductor: Alceo Galliera
Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1816

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: Ella giammai m'amò

Performer: Ruggero Raimondi (Bass)
Conductor: Carlo Giulini
Notes: Composition written: 1884.
Running Time: 7 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna è mobile

Performer: Alfredo Kraus
Conductor: Julius Rudel
Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Di quella pira

Performer: Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Conductor: Thomas Schippers
Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Esultate!

Performer: James McCracken (Tenor)
Conductor: John Barbirolli
Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Dio! mi potevi scagliar

Performers: Placido Domingo (Tenor); Justino Vocals] (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore

Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: In questa reggia

Performer: Ghena Dimitrova (Soprano)
Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Notes: Composition written: 1926.
Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1926

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Tanto amore

Performer: Janine Micheau (Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Notes: Composition written: 1926.
Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1926

Puccini, Giacomo : Gianni Schicchi, opera :: O mio babbino caro

Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor: Charles Mackerras
Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1918

Mascagni, Pietro : L'Amico Fritz :: Ed anche Beppe amo

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Francesco Cilèa (1866 - 1950) : Adriana Lecouvreur :: Poveri fiori

Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1902

Giordano, Umberto : Andrea Chénier :: Come un bel di di maggio

Performer: Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor: Mark Elder
Notes: Composition written: 1896.
Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Les grands seigneurs...Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle

Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor: André Cluytens
Running Time: 5 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1859

Massenet, Jules : Le jongleur de Notre-Dame :: Marie, avec l'enfant Jésus

Performer: Jules Bastin (Bass)
Conductor: Roger Boutry
Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Gounod, Charles : Mireille :: Heureux petit berger

Performer: Janine Micheau (Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1863-1864

Thomas, Ambroise : Mignon :: Connais-tu le pays

Performer: Jane Rhodes (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Jean-Claude Hartemann
Running Time: 5 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1866

Thomas, Ambroise : Mignon :: Elle ne croyait pas dans sa candeur

Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1866

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre...Toréador

Performers: Denise Monteil (Soprano); Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano); Monique Linval (Soprano); Ernest Blanc (Baritone)
Conductor: Thomas Beecham
Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Les oiseaux dans la charmille

Performer: Mady Mesple (Voice)
Conductor: Jean-Pierre Marty
Running Time: 5 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Berlioz, Hector : La damnation de Faust, Op. 24

Performer: Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 11/1845-10/1846

Charpentier, Gustave : Louise :: Depuis le jour

Performer: Beverly Sills
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887-1896

Strauss, Richard : Der Rosenkavalier :: Da geht er hin

Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 5 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1909-1910

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Einsam in trüben Tagen

Performer: Régine Crespin (Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 6 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1848

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Dich, teure Halle

Performer: Hildegard Behrens (Soprano)
Conductor: Peter Schneider
Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1843-1865

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
Running Time: 15 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1854-1856

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Hojotoho! Hojotoho!

Performers: Carolyn Watkinson (Alto); Margarita Lilowa (Mezzo Soprano); Ruth Falcon (Soprano); Anita Soldh (Soprano); Ute Walther (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Running Time: 5 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1854-1856

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Non più andrai

Performer: Thomas Allen (Baritone)
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Là ci darem la mano

Performers: Graziella Sciutti; Eberhard Wächter (Baritone)
Conductor: Carlo Giulini
Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Duo

Performers: Andreas Schmidt; Catherine Pierard (Soprano)
Conductor: Roger Norrington
Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Soave sia il vento

Performers: Claudio Desderi (Baritone); Delores Ziegler (Mezzo Soprano); Carol Vaness (Soprano)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1790

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Mira, o Norma

Performers: Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano); Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Running Time: 7 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1831

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Il dolce suono

Performers: Bruno Lazzaretti (Tenor); Renato Bruson (Baritone); Edita Gruberova (Soprano); Robert Lloyd (Bass)
Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
Running Time: 16 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1835

Donizetti, Gaetano : Don Pasquale :: Com'è gentil

Performer: Alfredo Kraus
Conductor: Sarah Caldwell
Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1843

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Una voce poco fa

Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor: Alceo Galliera
Running Time: 6 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1816

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Libiamo n' lieti calici

Performers: Renata Scotto (Soprano); Alfredo Kraus
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Gualtier Maldè!...Caro nome

Performers: Michele Pertusi (Bass); Daniela Dessi; Lucio Gallo (Baritone); Ernesto Gavazzi (Tenor)
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 6 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Ritorna vincitor

Performer: Birgit Nilsson
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 6 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Ave Maria

Performer: Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano)
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Running Time: 5 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun dorma

Performer: Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
Notes: Composition written: 1926.
Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1926

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Che gelida manina

Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Conductor: Thomas Schippers
Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Catalani, Alfredo : La Wally :: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana

Performer: Barbara Hendricks
Conductor: Järvi Paavo
Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1892

Adam, Adolphe : Le postillon de Lonjumeau :: Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire

Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1836

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782 - 1871) : La muette de Portici :: Mieux vaut mourir...Amour sacré de la partrie

Performers: Alfredo Kraus; Jean-Philippe LaFont (Baritone)
Conductor: Thomas Fulton
Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1828

Gounod, Charles : Roméo et Juliette :: Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve

Performer: Mady Mesple (Voice)
Conductor: Jean-Pierre Marty
Notes: Composition written: 1865-71.
Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1865-1871

Lalo, Edouard : Le Roi d'Ys :: Puisqu'on me peut fléchir...Vainement, ma bien-aimée

Conductor: André Cluytens
Notes: Composition written: 1875-88.
Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1875-1888

Massenet, Jules : Manon :: Suis-je gentille ainsi?...Je marche sur tous les chemins

Performer: June Anderson (Soprano)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1882-1883

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour

Performers: Jessye Norman (Soprano); Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling
Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée

Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
Conductor: Jacques Delacôte
Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: C'est toi!...Au fond du temple saint

Performers: John Aler (Tenor); Gino Quilico (Baritone)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 7 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1863

Massenet, Jules : Werther :: Werther, Werther, qui m'aurait dit..Ces lettres!

Performer: Tatiana Troyanos (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 7 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Viens, Mallika

Performers: Mady Mesple (Voice); Danielle Millet (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Alain Lombard
Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1883

Massenet, Jules : Thaïs :: Ah! Je suis seule enfin...Dis-moi que je suis belle

Performer: Beverly Sills
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Running Time: 6 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1892

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Alerte, alerte!...Anges purs, anges radieux

Performers: Mirella Freni (Soprano); Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1859

Mussorgsky, Modest : Boris Godunov :: Boris's Farewell

Performer: Boris Christoff (Bass)
Conductor: André Cluytens
Notes: Composition written: 1868-74.
Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1868-1874

Weber, Carl Maria von : Oberon :: Schreckensschwurt

Performer: Gary Lakes (Tenor)
Conductor: James Conlon
Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1825-1826

Wagner, Richard : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg :: Die "Selige Morgentraum-Deutweise"...Selig, wie die S

Performers: René Kollo; Theo Adam (Bass Baritone); Helen Donath; Peter Schreier (Tenor); Ruth Hesse (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 5 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1862-1867

Wagner, Richard : Siegfried :: Was am besten er kann...Nothung! Nothung!

Performers: Peter Haage (Tenor); Siegfried Jerusalem (Tenor)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1871

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